English Bites - Series 7, Episode 20- Maria Island

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English Bites - Series 7, Episode 20- Maria Island 0:00 This story is about an island off Tasmania's east coast called Maria Island. 0:16 We'll look at a couple of useful spelling rules and explain what 'what have you' means. 0:23 So we've just arrived on Maria Island after a short boat ride from Triabunna. We're just 0:31 about to grab the packs and head off to camp and then we've got walking this afternoon. 0:35 So here we go. 0:38 Quite light actually. Not too bad. 0:42 These are my supplies for the next few days. 0:52 Supplies for the next few days. 0:55 Notice the spelling on the words 'supplies' and 'days'. 1:01 When a word ends with a consonant and a 'y',1:04 such as supply or city,1:09 the rule is that when you add 's' for a plural 1:13 you change the 'y' to 'i' and add 'es':1:20 supply - supplies city - cities 1:26 But if the word ends with a vowel and a 'y',1:29 such as day or toy, you simply add 's' 1:34 day - days toy - toys 1:39 So how do you spell the plural of opportunity? 1:41 One of the great things about Maria Island I found is, being a sort of amateur photographer,1:48 is all of the great photo opportunities. 1:54 Opportunity ends with a consonant 't'- and a 'y',1:59 so in spelling the plural you change the 'y' to an 'i' and add 'es':2:06 opportunities. 2:08 Now how many wombats did she see? 2:11 Our first stop was Return Point where we saw a heap of wombats. 2:18 She saw 'a heap' of wombats. This means she saw a lot or many. 2:25 She could also have said heaps instead of a heap. 2:29 We saw a heap of wombats means the same as we saw heaps of wombats. 2:36 Now listen for another plural:2:37 So we're all ready to go for our walk through the forest today and along the beaches and 2:44 looking forward to seeing some more nature today. 2:50 beaches 2:50 There's another rule about adding 's' for plurals and singular verbs. 2:56 If the word ends with 'ch' such as beach,3:00 then it's spelled 'es' - beaches. 3:05 The same rule applies to words that end with 's', 'sh', 'x', and 'z'. 3:14 They're also pronounced 'es' instead of 's'. 3:20 bus - buses wish - wishes 3:26 fox - foxes waltz - waltzes 3:33 And what can you see while walking on the beaches? 3:35 This is the painted cliffs and you can see that it's iron leaching has caused all these 3:41 different patterns and designs and just the erosion with the seas and the wind water and 3:53 what have you has made them into the beautiful site that they are today. 3:56 You can see the painted cliffs. He talks about what has caused the cliffs to look like this 4:02 and ends the list with the expression 'what have you'. It means 'and things like that'. 4:09 Listen again:4:10 And just the erosion with the seas and the wind water and what have you has made them 4:20 into the beautiful site that they are today. 4:23 So we've seen that a heap is a lot,4:26 that words ending with a consonant and 'y' 4:29 have their plurals end with 'i-e-s' 4:33 and those ending with 'sh', s, x, z and ch 4:40 take the 'es' ending 4:43 Words that end with a vowel and a 'y' 4:46 take the ordinary 's' ending. 4:49 We'll finish with the phrasal verb 'reflecting on', which means to think about something:4:55 Sitting and reflecting a bit on the last 3 days and what an amazing adventure it's been,5:01